Guest Speakers

NYFA Screens Best Picture Winner ’12 Years A Slave’ with Cinematographer Sean Bobbitt
March 5, 2014

NYFA Screens Best Picture Winner ’12 Years A Slave’ with Cinematographer Sean Bobbitt

A day after 12 Years a Slave won Best Picture at the Academy Awards, New York Film Academy Los Angeles students were treated to a private screening of the film…

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Haiti Optimiste Benefit with Arcade Fire and Donna Karan
February 18, 2014

Haiti Optimiste Benefit with Arcade Fire and Donna Karan

New York Film Academy students, faculty and alumni are invited to a phenomenal star-studded event called Haiti Optimiste this Thursday, February 20th at the Florence Gould Hall on 55 East…

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NYFA LA Screens ‘Burning Palms’ with Manager & Producer Oren Segal
February 14, 2014

NYFA LA Screens ‘Burning Palms’ with Manager & Producer Oren Segal

On February 12th, the New York Film Academy hosted a Q&A at Warner Bros. Studios with renowned talent manager and movie producer Oren Segal. Beforehand, the students watched Burning Palms (2010),…

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NYFA Screens ‘The Monuments Men’ with Writer / Producer Grant Heslov
February 3, 2014

NYFA Screens ‘The Monuments Men’ with Writer / Producer Grant Heslov

Grant Heslov, Academy Award winning Writer/ Producer (Argo) and George Clooney’s partner at Smokehouse, was the guest tonight at the New York Film Academy for a sneak preview of the…

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How to Land a Literary Agent Out of Film School
January 17, 2014

How to Land a Literary Agent Out of Film School

Tuesday night, we had a packed house at New York Film Academy Los Angeles for our guest speaker — brought in by Producer Tova Laiter — Literary Manager, Linne Radmin….

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Editor of iMediaEthics Website to Participate in Seminar with NYFA Broadcast Journalism Students
January 2, 2014

Editor of iMediaEthics Website to Participate in Seminar with NYFA Broadcast Journalism Students

Ethics form the essential foundation for effective journalism. Yet in the current hyper competitive media environment, there is often a temptation to “move” a story before it has been fully…

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Head of Casting for Paramount Pictures Gives Advice to NYFA Acting Students
December 12, 2013

Head of Casting for Paramount Pictures Gives Advice to NYFA Acting Students

Tuesday night, Producer Tova Laiter brought us Casting Director Joseph Middleton to Warner Bros Theater 4 and we had yet another full house of New York Film Academy students. Middleton is…

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Celebrity and Portrait Photographer Robert Trachtenberg Speaks to Photo Students at NYFA Los Angeles
November 28, 2013

Celebrity and Portrait Photographer Robert Trachtenberg Speaks to Photo Students at NYFA Los Angeles

The New York Film Academy‘s Photography School in Los Angeles was honored to host a guest lecture by renowned photographer, Robert Trachtenberg, last week. Robert talked students through his work, describing his…

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True Blood’s Stephen Moyer Charms NYFA Acting Students
November 22, 2013

True Blood’s Stephen Moyer Charms NYFA Acting Students

Acting students and True Blood fans were treated to an exclusive event at the New York Film Academy in Union Square. Stephen Moyer, who plays Bill Compton on HBO’s True…

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